Conference Call With Robin Weirauch

Tonight I took part in a conference call with Robin Weirauch, a Democrat running in the special election to replace the late Paul Gillmor in the 5th congressional district.

Now I want to be up front about this, I've probably only been in the 5th Congressional District only once or twice in my life (it's pretty sad how little I've seen of my own state in the last few years) and even then I was just passing through. Furthermore I live about as far away from the 5th district as possible within Ohio. Basically I have no first hand knowledge about the problems affecting that specific area.

I do, however, know the issues that our state faces. Working from that I feel confident in saying that Robin Weirauch seemed like very sincere and friendly person with a good grasp on those issues. While the 5th district is seen by many as too solidly conservative to change hands but with the Republicans going at each others throats and a good candidate like Robin on our side I think it's way too soon to give up.

You can contribute to the Weirauch campaign here and view her campaign site here. They've also launched a campaign blog with a unique twist.

Glass City Jungle also has a great write-up on the call.